KLM riles Belgian leader with post-terror train-to-plane freebie

Belgium’s prime minister lashed out at KLM Airlines for offering free train tickets to Amsterdam to lure passengers away from the bomb-crippled Brussels airport. A month after the Brussels terrorist attacks, prime minister Charles Michel said the freebies touted in Belgian radio commercials play on unjustified fears over security at Belgium’s main air gateway. “I don’t see that as fair play, I don’t see it as appropriate,” Michel said Thursday. “I deplore this initiative.” KLM said it has offered the train-to-the-plane package for years and decided on this year’s publicity campaign because it has had to cancel 3 of its 5 daily flights from Brussels to Amsterdam. “Our Belgian customers should be able to fly,” said a KLM spokeswoman. “We have a really good product for Belgian customers to reach Schiphol by train.” <br/>